TheJenn88
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- Apr 24, 2005
I'm not too sure on the current laws regarding passports since it's hot in politics right now. Mexican, American and Canadian leaders met during this past week discussing certain issues, one of which was having passports.
As far as I know, America is trying to have it so that passports are required for entrance to the USA, Canada, and Mexico. On my last trip to the USA, the only thing required of me was photo identification - no passport.
The idea of smart cards came up, where all our identification, history, etc. would be recorded on it.
Do you think this law should be passed? Should we have it so that Canadians going to the US would need passwords and/or smartcards, and Americans coming to Canada would need the same?
In general, I say yes to this idea. I don't know why we haven't already.
A lot of Canadians have gotten their panties in a knot over this. "It's not cost efficient, or time efficient. Wahhhh. It's too much of a hassle. We're such closely related countries."
Well, I say this to Canadians. Why do you forget that Septemer 11 ever happened? It was a wake up call, not only to America, but to the world. They lost something very precious - not their pride - but the notion that they will always be safe. We need to respect that. Not only should we respect it - we owe it to them. Canada has much more lax immigration policies. We let ****ing terrorists into our countries who can then easily get into the USA.
I think it's a great thing to help security. The cost of a passport won't put a hole in peoples pockets. Plus, it's a handy thing to have if you want to travel to other countries.
I don't see what the whining is about. In this day and age, we can't afford to be lax when oversees there are a couple countries that would love to bomb the **** out of America.
What say you?
As far as I know, America is trying to have it so that passports are required for entrance to the USA, Canada, and Mexico. On my last trip to the USA, the only thing required of me was photo identification - no passport.
The idea of smart cards came up, where all our identification, history, etc. would be recorded on it.
Do you think this law should be passed? Should we have it so that Canadians going to the US would need passwords and/or smartcards, and Americans coming to Canada would need the same?
In general, I say yes to this idea. I don't know why we haven't already.
A lot of Canadians have gotten their panties in a knot over this. "It's not cost efficient, or time efficient. Wahhhh. It's too much of a hassle. We're such closely related countries."
Well, I say this to Canadians. Why do you forget that Septemer 11 ever happened? It was a wake up call, not only to America, but to the world. They lost something very precious - not their pride - but the notion that they will always be safe. We need to respect that. Not only should we respect it - we owe it to them. Canada has much more lax immigration policies. We let ****ing terrorists into our countries who can then easily get into the USA.
I think it's a great thing to help security. The cost of a passport won't put a hole in peoples pockets. Plus, it's a handy thing to have if you want to travel to other countries.
I don't see what the whining is about. In this day and age, we can't afford to be lax when oversees there are a couple countries that would love to bomb the **** out of America.
What say you?
